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Webinar: 2022-10-18: Developmental Milestones: How to Know When a Child Needs Ex
Webinar: 2022-10-18: Developmental Milestones: How to Know When a Child Needs Ex
Developmental Milestones: How to Know When a Child Needs Extra Support presented by Madelyn Girardi, OTD, OTR/L and Olivia Rogers, MA, CF-SLP
October 18, 2022 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EST
This presentation will focus on the primary developmental milestones for motor, social-emotional, and communication skills for preschool-aged children. A developmental milestone is an established set of functional skills or age-specific behaviors that are observed in children as they grow. Milestones provide a basis for understanding typical development and can assist professionals and parents with recognizing delays.
In this presentation, participants will learn about how to determine if it is appropriate to seek out therapeutic support services, such as occupational or speech and language therapy. If a child is having difficulties with functional, day-to-day tasks, occupational therapists can help with development of motor, sensory processing, and self-regulation skills. If a child is having difficulties pronouncing and using words, listening and understanding simple concepts, or interacting socially and playing with others, speech-language pathologists can support the child in developing essential communication skills. Both occupational and speech therapists can identify delays in underlying skills and work to improve these skills so that children can participate in the purposeful activities that they need and want to.
About the presenter
Madelyn Girardi, OTD, OTR/L, NESCA Occupational Therapist is a Licensed Occupational Therapist in Massachusetts with experience in both school-based and outpatient pediatric settings. Maddie is a passionate therapist with professional interest in working with young children with neurodevelopmental disorders, fine and gross motor delays and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Olivia Rogers, MA, CF-SLP, NESCA Speech-Language Pathologist has experience working both in the pediatric clinic setting as well as in public schools, evaluating and treating children 2-18 years of age presenting with a wide range of diagnoses.
